Chest with revolving door



April 12, 1932. c. F. SIOBERG 1,853,241

CHEST WITH REVOLVING DOOR Filed July 15, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l F l A .19T

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I CHEST WITH REVOLVING DOOR Filed July 15. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Apr. 12, 1932 T ES. I

oneness sroBnne/cr 2on1: COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 YORK SAFE .&p

Leon coirrnnv, or relax, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE cnnsr"WITH REVOLVING noon Application filed July 15,

With the development of chain stores, gasoline stations owned andoperated by the large oil companies and moving picture houses inconsiderable numbers under a single central ownership and management,the necessity for depositing receiptsin such a way that the localmanagers and ticket sellers and dispensers of oil and gasoline need nothave access to the chest in such a manner as to permit them to withdrawfrom the chest or vault the funds thus deposited, or other valuables orprivate papers which may be in the chest or vault, has become generallyrecognized. For this purpose a depository whereby packages of money arepassed downwardly by gravity from a convenient locality is directly inthe rear of the ticket sellers window in the theatre or near the cashregister in chain stores, gasoline stations and the like, has beenprovided, but these depositories are used with a relatively expensiveand elaborate equipment, including a vault or a basement beneath thepoint of deposit and suitable as locations for the chest.

The present invention relates to a device particularly adapted for useinconnection with the rotary door type of chest which has been furnishedin considerable numbers and of relatively small size for use in chainstores and the like. As thus provided, this type of chest has beensupplied one for each store or one for each of a group of stores where anumber of chain stores under the same management are located in. thesame neighborhood.

Assuming that such a chest be installed in a. store which may be one ofa group of chain stores where the store manager does not have access tothe inside of thechest bymeans of the combination lock, it would beconvenient by means of the present invention to make deposits within thechest by placing bills or coins in envelopes or other suitable packages,and passing them through a slot in the front wall ofthe body. This slotis closedby means of a rotary or other suitable moving plate or closurewhichis back of the rotary door and exposed through the opening in thedoor when the latter is thrown out of registration with the opening inthe amb, i. e., in

1931'. Serial No. 550,847.

the closed position .of the door. This plate its referred to the storemanager need-only have a key to this lock. Upon'releasing the plateshown in the form of a rotary disk, it is possible to move it, or inthis instance to rotate it so that the slot in the disk is brought inalign sent with the slot inthe body, when packet can be passed into thechest. After the deposit has been made, the disk or plate can be movedto its original position and held in place by the lock.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a chest embodying thefeatures of the invention inthe preferred form.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a vertical central section in a fore and aft plane, i. e.,substantially on the axis of the rotary door and particularly on linel1in Figure 2.

' Figure 2 is a front elevation of the chest, both the chest-door andthe slot being closed in both figures.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, each of which is used toindicatethe same or similar parts in the different figures, theillustration includes a chest or chest body 1, which may to advantage beembedded in a suitable mass 2 of concrete as a foundation or othermasonry construction or an ordinary fireproof casing may be used. Thechest 1 has a circular jamb 3 with a door opening l, which is slightlyless'than semi circular and located in the upper half of the jamboccupying a little less than half the a ea of the jamb. Mounted torotate in the'jamb and held therein by any suitable means as peripheralribs 6 on the door which operate in peripheral grooves 7 in the jamb, isthe chest door 8. 7

Adapted to register with the opening 4 in the amb is an opening 9 in thedoor. This opening 9 is preferably also a little lessthan semi circularand of an outlineidentical with that of the opening 4, and so placedthat'ina certain angular position of the'door the opening 9 registerswith the opening 4 in the j amb. The door is inserted in a predeterminedposition and its movement from closed to open position is limited anddetermined in any suitable manner. In closed position the openin s arecompletely out of registration.

11 the form of the invention shown, see Figure 2, there is a slidingpositioning pin or bolt mounted to slide in a bore or hole 21 formed inthe door transverse to the axis of the door and open at its outer end at23 through the edge of the door. This pin 20 is given an outwardtendency by a coil spring 22 compressed between the end of the pin andthe closed end of the hole at 24. The pin or bolt 20 cooperates with aperipheral groove 25 in the j amb which provides for a rotation of thedoorabout its axis through an arc of 180 from open to closed position.

The important feature of the invention relates to the provision of aslot or opening which is'accessible in the closed position of the doorto a clerk or store manager preferably by means of a key lock so thatthe slot may be normally closed but uncovered by an authorized personhaving the key, for the insertion of packages and the like. In thepresent instance the closure of the slot is fully protected by the chestdoor which overlies the plate 14 which is located within the jamb.Thearea enclosed by the j amb not occupied by the door opening 4 thereinis closed by the wall 10. which may be termed the front wall portion ofthe chest body within the jamb. This wall or front wall is formed withany suitable type of a seat lltherein which may be in the nature of adepression in the outer surface. Within this seat or depression 11 isformed a slot 12 which in the preferred form of the invention isinclined upwardly from the outside to the inside of the wall 10 and itis preferably located near the upper part of the front wall 10 justbelow the door openin 4 in the jamb.

he length of the slot 12 is shown as disposed horizontally though thisis not essentialand it islarge enough for the introduction of aconvenient sized package of bills or other currency, and also for theadmission of conveniently sized packages of documents. Located in or onthe seat 11 to move relatively thereto to cover and uncover the slot isa plate 14, and in the preferred form of the invention shown, this plateis circular and it is further provided with. a slot 15 so located,shaped and arranged as to register with the slot 12 in one position ofthe plate, which is preferably mounted to rotate in the seat 11. Thisposition will be referred to for convenience as the open position of theplate. In the form shown the plate or disk 14, as it may be termed,being preferably a circular plate, is provided at its center with anoperating slot 16v which is'shown as in the nature of a screw driverslot whereby the plate or disk 14 may be engaged to rotate it from opento closed position andvice versa.v

It will be noted that the plate or disk 14 is grooved at itscircumference at 26 preferably as to the edge adjacent the wall 10 andis further provided with substantially radial pins 27 and 28, projectinginto the groove. The wall portion is also provided with a pin orstationary abutment 29 projecting into the groove in the path of thepins 27, 28 as the disk is rotated. In the form shown the pins orabutments 27, 28 and 29 are so arranged and related that the disk 14 maybe rotated back and forth through an arc of 180 degrees. In the positionwhich it takes, with the pin 28 in contact with the pin 20, i. e., theopposite position to that shown in Figures 1 and 2, the slot 15 islocated in exact registration and alignment with the slot 12. In theopposite position, i. e., at the other end of its path, as shown, theslot 15 is closed by the plate 14.

The disk or plate 14 is held in the closed position of the slot by alock 19, preferably of the transmission type, having a bolt 30 whichslides in the direction of the axis of the door 8. The lock ispreferably mounted in and carried by the chest door 8 and the bolt 30engages a notch 31 in the edge of the plate 14 in the advanced positionof the bolt. The bolt 30. which in the locked position enters socket 31in the safe wall within the jamb, is more or less eccentric as to thejamb so the door 8 cannot be rotated till the bolt is withdrawn and theplate 14 cannot be looked as the door is closed. The purpose of this isto make certain that the store manager shall be present when thedistrict collector removes the contents of the safe. The socket intowhich the bolt advances consists partly of this notch but being formedmainly in the safe wall within the jamb at 31'.

A suitable handle or a screw driver or simf ilartool being inserted inthe slot 16 in the closed position of the chest door 8 as shown mostclearly in Figure 1, the door 14 being released by unlocking the lock19, the slot 15 is thrown into registration with the slot 12 for theintroduction of packages, and when the deposit has been made, the plate14 is returned tothe closed position shown in Figure 1 and locked. It isof particular importance that the seat 11 and the disk or plate 14extend beneath or behind the chest door 8 so that the opposite edges ofthe plate 14 are located beneath or behind the door on the 0 positesides of the opening 9 therein in tiie closed position of the door,making it difiicult and practically impossible for an unauthorizedperson to remove the plate 14 or toobtain access to the slot 12 in anyway without possession of the key to the lock 19. It is further notedthat the position of the plate behind the door laying flatwithin theseat 11 in the jamb obviates any chance that in any position of theplate it may interfere with the rotation of the chest door to openposition.. Thelock'19'locates theplatein closed and locked position onclosing the chest door. a The construction shown has the advantage thatit enables the chain store management or other concern to utilize thechest, and store money therein, the money and other contents of thechest not being accessible even to the district managers of the store,the deposits being removed by some trusted employee or oficer of thecompany at suitable intervals. This not only serves as a precautionagainst dishonesty on the part of clerks and managers andthe like, butmakes it exceedingly dithdetail, in order that the manner of applying Ithe invention, constructing, operating and using the device may be fullyunderstood, however, the specific terms herein are used des'criptivelyrather than in a limitingsense, the scope of the invention being definedin the claims. c

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular jamb having awall portion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the iamb to bring the openingof the door into and throw it out of registration with the opening inthe jamb, moving the door fromopen to closed position, the chest wallportion within the jamb having a slot for the admission of packages,said slot being accessible through the opening in the door in the closedposition of the door, a cover for the slot having portions extendingbehind the door on both sides of the opening therein. 7 9. The"combination! in a. burglarproof chest of a circular jamb having a wallpor-' tion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bring the openingof the door into and throw it out of registration with the opening inthe jamb, moving the door from open to closed position, the chest wallportion within the jamb having a slot for'the admission of packages,said slot being accessible through the opening in the door in the closedposition of the door, a cover for the slot having portions extendingbehind the door on both sides of the opening therein, said closure beingout of the path of the door as it moves from open to closed positionandvice versa.

3. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular j amb having awall portion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a

chest door havinga corresponding opening V Jl i mounted to rotate in oneamb to bring the opening of the door into and throw it out ofregistration with'the opening in the jamb, moving the door from open toclosed position, the chest wall portion within the ja-mb having slot forthe admission of packages, said slot being accessible through theopening in the door in the closed position of the door, a cover for theslot having portions extending beneath the door on both sides of theopening thereiinsaid'closure being out of the path of the door as itmovesfrom open to closed position and vice versa, and a key lock forsaid losure.

l. The I combination in a burglarproof chest or a circular jamb havingawall portion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a chest doorhaving a corresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bringthe opening of the door into and throw it out of registration with theopening in the jamb, moving the door from open to closed position, thechest wall portion within the jamb having a slot for the admission ofpackages, said slot being accessible through the opening in the doorinthe closed positionor" the door, a cover for the slot having portionsextending beneath the door on both sides of the opening therein, saidclosure being out of the path of the door as it moves from open toclosed position and vice versa, and a key lock for said closure, saidlock being carried by the chest door and serving to position the closurefor the slot when the chest door is closed.

The combination in a burglarproof chest having a front wall, a dooropening therein, door mounted to move parallel to thewall to cover anduncover the opening moving the door from open to closed position, thechest wallportion having a slot accessible in the closed position of thedoor, a cover for the slot, the cover being movably mounted to cover anduncover the slot, the chest door serving to protect'the cover andprevent its removal.

The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular jamb having a wallportion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bring the openingin the door into and throw it out of registration with he opening in thejamb, moving the door from op n to closed position, the chestwallportion in the jamb having a slotaccessible through the door opening inthe closed position of the door, a cover for the slot having an opening,the cover being movably mounted whereby'the opening may be brought intoregistration with the slot to expose the same, the coverextendingbeneath the edges of the opening inthe door whereby removal ofthe cover through the opening is prevented.

7. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular jamb having awall portion anda door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bring the openingof the door into and throw it out of registration with the opening inthe jamb, moving the door from open to closed position, the wall portionoi the chest within the j amb having a slot for the admission ofpackages, the same being accessible when the safe door is closed.

8. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular jamb having awall portion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bring the openingof the door into and throw it out of registration with the opening inthe jamb, moving the door from open to closed position, the chest wallportion within the jamb having an opening for the admission of packages,a seat, a cover for the opening in said seat and rotatable from open toclosed position, said cover being out of the path of the chest door asit rotates and the cover and door having means for positioning the coverto close the package admission opening when the door is closed.

9. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circulalr j amb having awall portion and an eccentric opening enclosed by the jamb, a doorhaving a corresponding eccentric opening mounted to rotate in the jambto bring the opening of the door into and throw it out of registrationwith the opening in the jamb, moving the door from open to closedposition, the wall portion within the jamb having an opening for theadmission of packages, a circular seat surrounding the opening, acircular cover in the seat, as to which said opening in the wall iseccentric, the cover having an eccentric opening adapted to be throwninto and out of registration with the opening in the wall as the coveris rotated, said cover being out of the path of the chest door.

10. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular jamb having awall ortion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bring the openingin the door into and throw it out of registration with the opening inthe jamb, moving the door from open to closed position, the wall portionwithin the jamb having an opening for the admission of packages, acircular seat surrounding the opening, a circular cover in the seat, asto which said opening in the wall is eccentric, the cover having aneccentric opening adapted to be thrown into and out of registration withthe opening in the wall as the cover is rotated,

said cover extending beneath the edges of the opening in the chest doorin the closed position of the latter, preventing removal of the cover.

11. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular j amb having awall portion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bring the openingof the door into and throw it out of registration with the opening inthe jamb, moving the door from open to closed position, the wall portionwithin the jamb having an opening for the admission of packages, acircular seat surrounding the opening, a circular cover in the seat, asto which said opening in the wall is eccentric, the cover having aneccentric opening adapted to be thrown into and out of registration withthe opening in the wall as the cover is rotated, said cover extendingbeneath the edges of the opening in the chest door in the closedposition of the latter, preventing removal of the cover, means on thechest door for locating the cover in closed position when the door isclosed.

12. The combination in a burglarproof chest of a circular jamb having awall portion and a door opening enclosed by the jamb, a door having acorresponding opening mounted to rotate in the jamb to bring the openingof the door into and throw-it out of regis ration with the opening inthe jamb, moving the door from open to closed position, the wall portionwithin the jamb having an opening for the admission of packages, acircular seat surrounding the opening, a circular cover in the seat, asto which said opening in the wall is eccentric, the cover having aneccentric opening adapted to be thrown into and out of registration withthe opening in the wall as the cover is rotated, said cover extendingbeneath the edges of the opening inthe chest door in the closed positionof the latter, preventing removal ofthe cover, means on the chest doorfor locating the cover in closed position when the door is closed, saidmeans being in the form of a lock for the cover.

Signed by me at York, Pennsylvania, this 11th day of July, 1931.

CHARLES F. SIOBERG.

